TiLite TRA

TiFit

Unlike other manufacturers, the frames of TiLite chairs aren’t made from standard parts bolted together. Not a single tube is bent until your order is placed – your wheelchair is created directly from your measurements. TiFit allows for custom frame options including:

• Custom frame depth – specified independently of the seat, allowing you to balance the chair, adjust the centre of gravity forward, and increase handrim access.
• Front frame angle – allowing you to position your body, legs and knees for maximum comfort, stability and function. Chairs built using “standard” frame parts often cannot accommodate the frame angle, front seat height and rear seat height that best suits you, resulting in compromises.
• Seat taper – customise the front seat width independent of the rear seat width to better conform to your body shape.
• V-front end – fitting to the shape of your legs in a more natural way than an inset frame. Conventional front frames and insets are also available.
• Ergonomic seat – a bend in the rear of the seat frame that creates a well for the pelvis; this increases seat stability. Ideal for experienced users who know their optimal seated position.

TRA frame

The TRA features TiLite’s flagship swept-in dual-tube frame. While it may seem counter-intuitive that a dual-tube frame be higher-end than a mono-tube one, for TiLite’s T-series, this is actually the case. Able to utilise narrower tubing than the mono-tube ZRA, it is only marginally heavier, and the frame significantly increases rigidity and decreases flex – allowing more of your energy to go to propelling yourself, rather than be lost to flex in the frame.

The traditional downside of dual-tube designs was that they took up more space to transport, when the wheels were removed. The swept-in TRA frame isn’t like a traditional “box frame” – it’s compact and just as transportable as a mono-tube frame.